New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Insurance claim

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6 Jun 2018

OFFSHORE HOLDINGS LTD & ANOR v NZ CASHFLOW CONTROL LTD [2018] NZHC 1307

Citation

[2018] NZHC 1307
Court

High Court

LINZ has a proper interest in the documents; the material it seeks is sufficiently particularised for the purposes of r11(2)(b); the request is not premature because LINZ needs to understand how the plaintiffs frame their claims for compensation; access is therefore granted but limited to specific documents and only for the defined purposes of assessing extent of damage, economic repairability, and estimated repair costs relevant to Crown compensation determinations.
16 Mar 2017

YOUNG v TOWER INSURANCE LIMITED [2017] NZHC 482

Citation

[2017] NZHC 482
Court

High Court

Plaintiffs were the largely successful party on the principal contractual issue (house rebuild), therefore entitled to costs; category 2C was justified for trial preparation, briefs and common bundle due to the 10/11 day complex hearing but overall trial hearing award reduced from 11 to 10 days because plaintiffs (principally Mr Young) pursued largely unsupported allegations of dishonesty that unnecessarily extended the trial; expert fees were allowed in part with a $621 deduction from Mr Sillitoe for reliance on discredited survey work, other experts accepted, and hearing fees reduced by one…